About halfway between Leicester and Norwich as the crow
flies (because of course there are no straight roads anywhere in England) lies
the tiny town of Wisbech. There, along the River Nene, is a little road which
is also called Nene. On this road are a Chinese takeaway and an insurance agency,
with a narrow alleyway between that leads to a pub car park. Above this alleyway
is a tiny room that was probably once connected – a long time ago – to one of
the first-floor flats above either the restaurant or the insurance office. This
129-square foot “flat” has two windows, but no door and no stairs. It was
recently sold at auction for a single pound. It’s part of a terrace of old
buildings that are believed to have been built as shops or granaries in the sixteenth
century. So, what’s in the tiny room? No one knows. But whatever it is, it’s likely
been there a long, long time.
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